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The bird looks like Vincenzo Nason. They do many things with wings, tail, and black-in-clear like this. The thing that made me question the V. Nason identification was the way the black went into the head -- different than many of their pieces. Then I found a V. Nason cobalt cat that had the color go into the head this way. So I am pretty sure.

I don't know who did the bird, but the bowl looks Murano to me. The colour is a little unusual, the base is a little deep, but still very like the the kind of thing that Fratelli Toso did. See this one, for example.

David

PS Just noticed Anita posted while I was writing, and Galliano Ferro is certainly another option. The arrangement of the bubbles on his pieces often were present only in the coloured section, the reverse of mine. I'd still lean more towards FT, except for the shape of the base.

I have found this piece on Worthpoint. If you click on the picture and then click next on the pop up it has the label. The features are almost identical to my duck. I cannot read the label but I am assuming the writeup is correct and it is V. Nason

Yes, it is a V. Nason duck. It is good to see one with a label. V. Nason did many of the "gray effect" pieces like the one on Worthpoint. They also did many pieces that are like yours, so I feel 100% sure yours is V. Nason. Now if we can only find a bowl just like yours.

I thought I had a bowl that was close to yours and here it is. The colours are different, as is the the use of opalescent, but it's very much the same otherwise. Unfortunately, it doesn't take us any further forward as I've never been able to ascribe a maker. I have always thought it was Murano, though.

Yes, I think that the bowls are Murano glass. The base and slope of the bowls are not like the G. Ferro bowls I've seen. I also wondered about F. Toso. The bottom looks Seguso-ish to me, but I have never seen anything like these bowls done by them.

Hi Cat...........just my 2 cents from the photos I looked at. The bird is definitely V. Nason Murano glass. I'm 99% sure! I have one very similar to it with the Nason label on it. Of course, it's a newer piece, I would say.As for the bowl, it is shouting Murano, because of it's precision, quality, and perfectly cut bottom. There are a couple of Scandinavian makers that made similar shaped bowls, but most have a signature or number etched on the bottom.The only reason I thought it could possibly be Scandinavian is the color. But, I still lean toward Murano, for what it's worth.